Jakarta, Nov 20 (IANS): Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday said Indonesia has temporarily halted its military and intelligence cooperation with Australia over the latter's wiretapping of Indonesian leaders.

New Jersey, Nov 20 (IANS): An Indian-American Sikh man, who was denied a job for keeping a beard by a car dealership in New Jersey five years ago, will receive $50,000 as compensation in an out-of-court settlement.

Islamabad, Nov 19 (IANS): Pakistan's interior ministry has formed a committee following a directive from the Supreme Court to probe alleged funding of politicians by the country's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a media report said on Tuesday.